Carnegie Classification

Congratulations to these MACC members for receiving the Community Engagement Classification:

Bristol Community College, 2006; 2015

Bunker Hill Community College, 2008; 2015

Clark University Massachusetts, 2010

Emerson College, 2015

Hampshire College, 2015

Lasell College, 2015

Massachusetts College of Art and Design,2008; 2015

Middlesex Community College, 2006; 2015

Mount Holyoke College, 2015

Mount Wachusett Community College, 2008; 2015

North Shore Community College, 2010

Northeastern University, 2015

Springfield College, 2008; 2015

Stonehill College, 2008; 2015

Suffolk University, 2010

Tufts University, 2006; 2015

University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2008; 2015

University of Massachusetts Boston, 2006; 2015

University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, 2008; 2015

University of Massachusetts Lowell, 2008; 2015

University of Massachusetts Medical School,2008; 2015

Wentworth Institute of Technology, 2008; 2015

Williams College, 2015

Worcester State University, 2015

Read an article about how MACC members lead in Community Engagement Classification.

Carnegie Classification Application Support

Join us on February 28 for members-only webinar about the 2015 Carnegie Community Engagement Classification. John Saltmarsh, Director of the New England Resource Center for Higher Education, will discuss key findings from 2015 and look ahead to the future of the classification. Audience members will have the opportunity to submit questions. Register.

In addition to this webinar, the Campus Compact network provides a variety of learning resources to its members for the Carnegie Classification application process. More information is available on the national Campus Compact website.

Carnegie Classification Community

The application process for the Carnegie Classification on Community Engagement can be hard work, but you don’t have to go through it alone. Through the Campus Compact Carnegie Classification Community, you can connect with experienced practitioners, guest experts, and your peers around your efforts.

This virtual learning community offers a place to ask questions, discuss challenges, give suggestions and advice, and receive valuable support from your colleagues across the Campus Compact network. This is a resource for Campus Compact members only.

The Engaged Campus: Preparing for 2015

The first of five webinars in Campus Compact’s Engaged Campus Series was facilitated by John Saltmarsh, Bob Bringle, and Gail Robinson. It provided detailed overview of the evolving criteria to be found in the 2015 application.

The 2015 full application will be available September 2013 / Application due April 2014 / Campuses notified December 2014

For 2015:

In order to be successful, campuses need to be in a position to answer ‘yes’ to foundational indicators A and B (A. Institutional Identity and Culture B. Institutional Commitment )

All 2015 classified institutions must achieve both curricular engagement AND outreach and partnerships

Applicants need to show progress on systematic campus-wide tracking or documentation mechanisms to record and/or track engagement with the community and must demonstrate how the data is shared with the public AND how assessment is aligned with institutional priorities

Applicants need to show community engagement defined and planned for in the strategic plans of the institution and must show an emphasis on community voice and reciprocity impacting on strategic plan

Other 2015 changes–main application:

Do the institutional policies for promotion and tenure reward the scholarship of community engagement? (not found in supplemental anymore and weighted more heavily)

‘Curricular structures’ will need to be evident in main application – examples given were SL minors and certificates

Assessment – tracking / use / shared / for example, the number of service learning courses in target areas, aligned with strategic plan, reflecting breadth of majors and level of education (FYE/senior capstone)

Faculty rewards – Teaching, research, service – changes must be deeper and more pervasive

Carnegie Classification Framework

To see the full Carnegie First-Time Classification Documentation Framework, click here.

Powerpoint Presentations on the Carnegie Classification

Understanding the Context of Engaged Scholarship is a PowerPoint presentation you can download from the 2011 ERCC Conference by Professors Dwight Giles and John Saltmarsh. It includes an overview of the classification system, clarification of engaged scholarship, lessons learned from classification processes between 2006 and 2010, information on institutional change, and a preview of the 2015 classification process.

Community Engagement and Professional Advancement through Engaged Scholarship, also by Professor Dwight Giles, is a PowerPoint presentation you can download and includes comprehensive exploration of the notion of engaged scholarship, quality evaluation criteria, documentation, and the most recent research on how institutional incentives and culture affect engagement. Importantly, the presentation also includes strategies, models, resources, and challenges from engaged institutions.

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